Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

activities and challenges in the previous academic year andaccording to the agenda the participants discuss new topics. Finally, the timetable for the nextsemester is presented and all participants can consult each other about changes and updates.The internal lecturers meet as a group every week and reflects respectively discusses theimpact of changes in the time schedule and curriculum as often as possible. Page 15.967.8Figure 8: Distribution of the internal and external lecturers by semesterSharing the resources – human and machines – of the test beds also requires careful andprecise planning. Students, teachers, engineers and project customers use

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; David Knight, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

information, how do we package that within the school is a tricky issue.A second faculty member from MIT shared this sentiment, arguing that students should beexposed to fields outside the limits of engineering.An ASU professor described a multidisciplinary team functioning like a corporation taking aproblem from production through implementation: And I would love to even see a situation where people from the business school are incorporated. So really get a multidisciplinary team so it’s kind of like a small corporation, where you’re going from a business plan to the implementation, the marketing, all of that stuff. And that’s really something that I think could be very unique and could really teach our engineering students how to

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

instructor. Tolocate required components sometimes takes students’ lab time and is usually not consideredwhen deadline of lab submission arrives. To reduce safety concerns, develop componentorganization, prevent time wasting to locate the parts and include time to locate components,faculty and students developed a novel plan to use workbenches, lab components and testingdevices/equipment more efficiently. In addition to fundamental laboratory safety measures andcomponent management, unique lab management demonstrations are explained by reorganizingthe lab to meet the criteria of the proposed arrangements. Students and faculty in the programcan thus save time and reduce safety concerns by novel administration and organization in thelab environment

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Jane Leung, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Canada conference, Feb 18 – 20, Calgary.18. Eggermont, M. & Khurshid, M. “Root Causes of Homelessness in Canada: Consciousness-building workshop” Growing home: housing and homelessness in Canada conference, Feb 18 – 20, Calgary.19. Eggermont, M & Lockwood, S. “ Communicating Design: 750 First Year Engineering Students, A Writer-in-Residence and An Artist-in-Residence” Design ‘09 Symposium, Berlin, Germany, Feb 15 – 17, 2009.20. Exhibition: Affordable housing in response to Calgary's 10-yr plan to End Homelessness (May 14 -18), Calgary City Hall West Atrium, Calgary.Article: Amy Dowd "Doing More With Less Land", Schulich Engineer, Spring 2009, pp. 16-23

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas, Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, U of Texas at Brownsville; Katherine De La Vega, University of Texas at Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

and science). Thevision of the department is to allow women full participation and access to a network ofprofessional who could act as mentors and role models.The mentoring program has been implemented for less than a year now. The generation ofmentees who will take the Senior Project will come over the next two years. Although we aregetting positive feedback from the students, we have not conducted an official study about theeffectiveness of MentorNet as an integrated electronic mentoring program; we plan to collect andpresent the data in a future ASEE meeting.Faculty FeedbackThe two projects presented here had one CIS faculty member as advisor to both of them and twoadvisors from the Public Health department. Below is a summary of the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy - Courses, Educational and Accreditation Standards

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University; Guangwei Zhu, Purdue; Cheng-Kok Koh, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. [3] Jaikumar Vijayan. Will security concerns darken Google’s government cloud? http://www.computerworld.com/, September 17 2009. [4] IDG News Service. Fcc’s national broadband plan: What’s next? http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=64A5457F-1A64-67EA-E4A95D435AFC2864, March 16 2010. [5] Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record id=11463, 2007. [6] Elliot Soloway. How the Nintendo Generation Learns. Communications of the ACM, 34(9):23–ff., 1991. [7] Kate Sanders and Lynda Thomas. Checklists for Grading Object

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Punch, Michigan State University; Richard Enbody, Michigan State University; Colleen McDonough, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

significance make itdifficult to provide reasons for the results (or lack thereof). However, we can speculate. 1. The students who attended more often were in worse straits than those who did not. The “did not attend” students had more confidence in being able to dig themselves out of their hole. We could confirm this with access to more data (GPA, ACT results). We plan on doing this in the near future. 2. The “direness” of the email and the offer of help was not enough to encourage students to come for more help. It is a tricky thing to motivate dedicating even more time to a course that has such high workload. 3. The kind of help provided, going over existing class material, was not seen as valuable. In

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

targeted at graduate students from the engineering, medical,law and business school programs. Medical Innovation is based on experiential learningand team-based processes. Student teams consist of about 8-9 members and twoinstructors. Teams go through the phases of ideation, prototyping, legal protection,market sizing and business plan development. In contrast to EDC and IDP where a client Page 15.309.3has pre-defined project, the MI students have to find their own project throughobservation and shadowing. Typical enrollment is about 65 students.The student surveys were sent to 147 EDC students, 65 MI students, and 25 IDP students,totaling 237 students in

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, UTEP; James Becvar, UTEP; Ann Darnell, UTEP; Helmut Knaust, UTEP; Jorge Lopez, UTEP; Josefina Tinajero, UTEP

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

the beginning, thePLTL strategy has been recognized to reduce student anxiety and to build confidence12.Peer leaders are successful students who assist professors and serve as role models for freshmanand sophomore students. Peer leaders help with course planning, modeling course objectives,and implementation of course goals. A good peer leader serves as mentor, a bridge betweenstudent and professor, and a friend. In our program, every peer leader receives training thatincludes a pre-semester introduction session, weekly preview sessions, and an end of semesterdebriefing session. The introduction generally lasts three days and involves faculty engagingpeer leaders in cooperative-style learning and knowledge constructivism activities that

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials & General Mechanics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

based on the 3-Story Steel Moment Resisting FrameStructure developed for the SAC research project. The students are given floor plan andelevations for the structure, as well as loading information. The students are expected to work inteam to evaluate the response of the structure using different models and analysis approaches, aswell as to recommend a strategy for improving the structure’s performance.An advantage to using this structure is that it was designed by independent structural consultingfirms based on existing seismic design criteria and that it is well known in the earthquakeengineering research community. As a result, this serves to motivate those students going intopractice as this is a “real” problem tied to the course content

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University; Mohammad MUQRI

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

planning for future growth.Java Message ServicesOne of the most prevalent message-based middleware is MQ Series from IBM. Message orientedmiddleware is an effective technology for connecting applications where real-time processing isnot always available or not desired. Transaction-oriented systems typically fall into this category.Banking transactions, hotel and airline reservations systems typically utilize a message orientedmiddleware as part of their architecture. For example, the airline reservation systems mustrespond in real-time whether a ticket is available or not. It does not necessarily have to print theticket or perform the billing in real-time. So as the reservations are confirmed, they are queuedup for the printing and billing

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Bouamor, University of Oklahoma; Chen Ling, University of Oklahoma; Binil Starly, University of Oklahoma; Randa Shehab, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

toenhance their learning experience and their grasp of the subject matter.A limitation of this study was the small sample size and the random student volunteers fromdifferent educational backgrounds, which increased the variability in the experiment results.Another limitation of the study is that we used identical exam questions to test the student’sunderstanding. Although same questions are commonly used in pre- and post- test method, thefact that the students in Group 2 has seen the exam questions before during Post-lab exam mayhad lead to improvement due to the familiarity with the exam questions, rather than due to theexperiences of the multimodal lab. One plan to address this problem is to use essay questionsrather than calculation questions

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

increasedtechnical knowledge and level of instrumentation new operators face.TransitionsCWRS is in the process of creating transition opportunities for students from 2-year degreeprograms to 4-year degree programs if desired, through the creation of formal articulationagreements between various departments and colleges at WKU. This would allow for a seamlessprocess for students to continue on to receive a 4-year degree if interested. CWRS plans todevelop articulation agreements with the Technology Management and/or ConstructionManagement programs through the Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences (AMS)Department, housed in the College of Science and Engineering at WKU, and with the PublicAdministration program through the Political Science Department

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

hospital staff for a new operating room design. The engineer managing the projectremarked, “We found out from the surgeons that they think they want it to be 65 degrees [ steadytemp in the operating room], - but they don’t really [tonal emphasis], since they actually need tocontrol certain fluctuations.” From his interactions with the medical team, the engineer haddiscovered that their stated desire was not going to meet the clients’ actual physical needs inreality. Only through listening carefully to them and adjusting his design team’s plan was thespace his team designed going to truly meet the needs of the client. Another engineer fromGeminid put this skill another way, stating, I think it is important for us to listen to understand what

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Joshua Quesenberry, Virginia Tech; Justeen Olinger, Virginia Western Community College; Kevin Diomedi II, Virginia Western Community College; Robert Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Richard Clark, Virginia Western Community College; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Adobe Connect Pro was the best software solution for use in ourdistance learning circuits laboratory course. Unfortunately, the Virginia Techadministration has not made a commitment as of yet to purchase the softwarelicense. Although monthly and pay-for-use plans are available for individual users,it was not clear if there exists a means within the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Department to fund the necessary licenses long-term and, therefore,there was a substantial risk that the investment of the faculty’s and staff’s time andeffort to incorporate Adobe Connect Pro into the distance learning circuitslaboratory course would only be of value for a few semesters. a) b) Figure 3: Examples

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Solarek, University of Toledo; Hong Wang, The University of Toledo; Allen Rioux, The University of Toledo; William Evans, The University of Toledo; weiqing sun, The University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Page 15.760.10 Figure 3. Assessment Matrix5. Conclusion.Benefitting from the new curriculum change, students are able to achieve more than engineeringtechnology can offer alone. Although it takes more effort for the students to master boththeoretical and practical contents, the feedbacks are positive toward the change.In the spring of 2007, Exit interviews with students in the senior capstone course who planned tograduate from the CSET program in the spring or summer of 2007 showed that many of ourgraduates are working in computer science field and some applied and admitted to computerscience graduate school. Over the recent years, enrollment and student quality are increasing

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of requiring the students to plan, organize and execute complex tasks5.In the same line of thought, a set of different kinds of learning and assessment strategies havebeen developed. These strategies are based in the incorporation of authentic tasks; the connectionbetween theoretical learning in the classroom and the application of the acquired knowledge inthe work environment; in the assessments.These strategies include: project-based learning, the case method, problem-based learning,cognitive apprenticeship, situated learning, constructive learning environments, collaborativeproblem solving, goal-based scenarios, and model elicit activities between others 6,7 .From these strategies many forms of alternative assessment were developed and

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

for modular design and implementation of decision algorithms and finite state machines. RBE 3001, Unified Robotics III. This is the third course in the four-course sequence. The focus of this course is actuator design, embedded computing and complex response processes. The course includes concepts of dynamic response as related to vibration and motion planning. The principles of operation and interface methods various actuators will be discussed, including Page 15.370.3 pneumatic, magnetic, piezoelectric, linear, stepper, etc. Complex feedback mechanisms will be implemented using software executing in an embedded system. The

Conference Session

New Collaborations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Rauh, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jody Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

toRichard or Rolf for quality assurance.Climbing the CV Citation Mountains: how to build quality assurance into the process?As we looked at the range of citations, we couldn’t help but wonder: why we are doing this?The mountain of work seemed too steep to conquer, and at times, we questioned the worth of aproject that demanded we risk the possibility of failing in front of our colleagues and faculty.Despite the dangers, we believed that the climb would provide us with a new view of libraryservices. To reduce our risks, we concentrated on the path to the top rather than the summititself. We employed project management methods to help plan and implement this service viii.With teamwork and in-process quality control, the slopes seemed to level off

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

appropriate strategic planning will enable us tomaintain the future viability of the Studio and our communication initiatives to prepare studentsto use 21st century technologies.References[1] Waggenspack, W.N., Hull, W. R., Bridwell-Bowles, L., Powell, K. “Integrating Communication-IntensiveClasses and Communication Studios into the Louisiana State University College of Engineering,” Proceedings of the2006 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education. June 2006.[2] Waggenspack, W.N., Hull, W. R., Bridwell-Bowles, L., Farrell, J., Bowles, D. “Implementing Informal WritingAssignments and a Written Feedback and Revision Loop to Enhance Learning in Engineering Courses” Proceedingsof the 2008 Annual Conference of the American

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; David Walden, Sysnovation, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

Page 15.218.4which is based on ISO/IEC 15288: 2008, Systems and software engineering — System life cycleprocesses2. Until January 2011, the certification exam will test applicants on the material that iscovered in both versions of the handbook. Thus, ASEP candidates can use either version of theSE handbook to prepare for the certification exam. Topics covered by the exam include scopedefinition, requirementdefinition, requirement management, system architecture and design, trade studies, specialtyengineering (e.g., reliability, maintainability, human factors, system safety, etc.), systemintegration, verification, validation, and relevant project and enterprise management processes(e.g., planning, configuration management, risk management

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept.; Robert Terrell, Cornell University; Lisa Schneider, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

based on the inter-correlations of the eleven items on the MAI). His estimate of reliability based on this methodyielded alpha = .77 which is lower than the range of .85 but is not alarmingly low given thebrevity of an 11 item scale like the MAI. We plan to modify the test by adding items andexplore the relationships between the items, to improve the reliability of the test.The next phase of test development is to write multiple choice versions of the questions andalternate forms of the exam. Distracters have been written by analyzing students’ responses tothe open ended questions on the pretest and posttest. We have also gathered information abouthow students responded to the questions through in depth interviews with 14 of the test

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

performance teams. This will be continued in the selection process.Team Assessments and Team Surveys will also be conducted after project completion at thecompletion of the Spring Quarter. These results may be available for presentation at the ASEEconference in June.High performance project teams require a deeper sense of purpose, relatively more ambitiousperformance goals, better work approaches and outcomes, with mutual accountability. Thestudent team selection process is the first step in this process. Current efforts include the use oftemplates for project plans and design requirements for all Capstone teams as well as technicalsupport from the faculty and staff engineers. It is anticipated that improvements in these areaswill also be

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Rodhouse, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Benjamin Cooper, Savant LLC; Steve Watkins, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

as they “play.” The older students tended to follow the instructions more closely andhad less difficulty using the tutorials. The results of the assessments indicate a need for morecolor and perhaps graphical aids and have identified some points of confusion. The resultsindicate that the level of the tutorials is good for high school students, but that more adjustmentwould benefit the young students. In particular, the younger students seem to need more aidssuch as graphics showing example screen shots and programming optional paths. Sidebars onapplications and careers may be beneficial as well. The next version of the tutorials willincorporate related changes. Also, additional tutorials are planned to address more advancedconcepts and to

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

Tagged Divisions

International

in the UAE has been growing at double digits for many years and will continue to doso until at least 2010. The country has come to realize two facts based on Kyoto protocol andawareness. The first one is that the conventional energy sources such as oil will deplete sooneror later, and the second is the higher carbon emissions will further pollute the environment. As aresult, the government of Abu Dhabi initiated ambitious plans for solar, biomass, wind and other Page 15.633.7renewable energy projects. Dubai electricity and water authority has launched a pilot projectusing wind energy to replace conventional energy sources. The gulf region

Conference Session

The Influence of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Wojciechowski, Grand Valley State University; Charles Standridge, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

a machine designassignment on co-op, the student was required to follow the design processreasonably and logically. School trained him in the importance of planning outand organizing the machine design structure before implementation. The co-opexperience continued to reinforce the importance of following a design process.School taught engineering language and terminology. Thus, the student was ableto enter the work place and confidently talk about detailed drawings, a bill ofmaterials, or different structural mechanisms because of classroom exposure tothese topics. For example, a bill of materials for the project in electrical circuitsclass was required. The project consisted of designing and fabricating an

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Feedback Item Fall ‘06 Fall ‘07 (National Average) Course Organization and 4.63 4.42 Planning (4.23) Communication Skills of 4.43 4.31 Instructor (4.28) Faculty / Student 4.34 4.53 Interaction (4.27) Assignments / Exams / 4.40 4.32 Grading (4.02)Course Outcomes - Student 4.03 3.96 Learning, Interest (3.65) Student Effort and 3.71 3.39 Involvement (3.63) Overall Evaluation (3.97

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brooks, Temple University; Tony Singh, Temple University; Hossein Rostami, Philadelphia University; Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Amithraj Amavasai, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

and healthy environment. Students are encouraged to choose at leastone concept to take up in their life. The authors have plans to measure the lifelong learningobjectives by conducting telephone surveys once every two years for the next several years.Results and DiscussionThe improvements of all the seven performance indices over the control group were determinedusing t tests11,12 as shown in Table 1. The improvements in all the indices were statisticallysignificant at an alpha value of 0.05. Among the seven indices, improvement in TAs evaluatingthe performance of the students, which the authors consider to be the most important among theindices, was ranked the highest. In this category, the control group had scored 61% on theaverage whereas

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

technology definition. Hence, although the informationtechnology definition tends to significantly differ from that used in other disciplines, itseems that it is actually better recognized in the world of industry.The second author recently visited a local manufacturing firm where a computerprogrammer and the supply chain manager were both required to use their knowledge ofsystems engineering. While their expertise was in computer science and industrialengineering, they are required to solve problems that arise due to lack of a systemsapproach in understanding how the factory works and how costs are incurred because ofmyopic planning. Although, this is increasingly true of all engineers, it appears that those

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

promoting racial understanding),self-efficacy, leadership, choice of a service career, and plans to participate in serviceafter college 2.In the past few years service-learning has become increasingly common pedagogy inengineering programs around the globe. One reason for its popularity is the industry’sdesire for individuals with the communication and collaboration skills who are betterequipped for working in a global context 3,4.In the United States, many different universities have also incorporated service-learninginto their curricula5. Perhaps the best well-known example is the Engineering Projects inCommunity Service (EPICS) program8 created by Purdue University in 1995 and now itincludes 18 universities. Under this program freshman to senior